wanting to clarify the pattern for bleeding brakes.

[yousufwalton]

Ok went through the search function already.

just want the confirmation of what i think from reading the back posts.

I replaces my front brakes today, had to take the driverside one off and move everything manualy and a few whacks to get them moving good again.

after finished Which i thought i had done it right ( apparently not) i now have no brake pressure. so i need to bleed them.

Do i start Front passenger , Rear passenger , rear driver then front driver in that order?

[jake88maro]

you start farthest away from the master cylinder! so right rear left rear right front ect!

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not sure on the order, just make sure you bleed them right, step on the brake, crack the valve until bubbles start reversing and close it off, release the brake and do it again, and again, and again..until no bubbles come out. don't let the reservoir run out of brake fluid.

[jake88maro]

i mean just from my experience you want to get the air out farthest away from the MC first so right rear, left rear, right front, left front.

[yousufwalton]

soo
1. Rear passenger
2. rear driver
3.front passenger
4 front driver

[sc72]

soo
1. Rear passenger
2. rear driver
3.front passenger
4 front driver

Yes this is the right way to do it. Buy a quart bottle of brake fluid, two foot of 1/4" clear plastic hose, put the plastic hose in the bottle clear to the bottom, attach the other end of the hose to the bleed valve on the wheel cylinder, have a friend pump the brakes up and hold while you crack the bleed valve, this will allow you to see the bubbles and the fluid coming out, good luck

[Bert]

Yes this is the right way to do it. Buy a quart bottle of brake fluid, two foot of 1/4" clear plastic hose, put the plastic hose in the bottle clear to the bottom, attach the other end of the hose to the bleed valve on the wheel cylinder, have a friend pump the brakes up and hold while you crack the bleed valve, this will allow you to see the bubbles and the fluid coming out, good luck

Actually, with the clear plastic hose you don't need a friend to pump the brakes. If the hose is directed upward all air bubbles rise to the top. Mind you it is more enjoyable, and faster, to have a second body on hand.

[scitzz]

LOL!

I hear start farthest and start closest both. Personally, I was taught to start closest to the MC, and work away, Driver front, pass front, driver rear, pass rear. That is how I have done it for what, 23-24 years now? I guess either way works

[Bert]

LOL!

I hear start farthest and start closest both. Personally, I was taught to start closest to the MC, and work away, Driver front, pass front, driver rear, pass rear. That is how I have done it for what, 23-24 years now? I guess either way works

Unless your system is entirely compromised whatever order you do the bleeding doesn't usually make much difference. The Haynes manual does recommend going from furthest to closest though. If there's air in the system in and around the M/C I can see not wanting to bleed it out from the furthest away point.

[Larry Hampton]

I've heard in Europe they have tinted brake fluid....

[WmWatt]

Listen to Bert. It's called gravity bleeding. You may have to suck on the line to get flow started. Look at photo #75 here
http://www.photobucket.com/Festiva-frontwheel for a thing I made out of a soft drink can and some tubing, the fluid flows out of the bleeder nipple, up the clear tube where you can see any bubbles, and drips into the can. There's some coat hanger wired taped to the can to hang it on the coil spring.

[yousufwalton]

bled all the brakes no air bubbles or anything still feels a little squishy. is this just a characteristic of them?

[Bert]

bled all the brakes no air bubbles or anything still feels a little squishy. is this just a characteristic of them?

No. If you've adjusted or changed the brakes it usually takes a good 'drive around the block with a heavy brake foot' to seat/adjust things but if bleeding is all you've done then something is still not right.

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Took me almost 2000 miles to wear in minivan brake pads when I did them all the way around.

[Movin]

I usually just turn them all on and when the bubbles quit I turn them off ..usually the farthest
one from the MC goes the longest.

Vacuum bleeders work well.

I never tried my pressure bleeder..I only use it on metal reservoirs.

Street rods with the MC lower than the cylinder I start with vacuum
and finish with a hose from the cylinder all the way back to the reservoir.
The hose to the reservoir has to be kept under the fluid so that pumping
the brake pedal will loop the fluid with bubbles escaping from the reservoir.

Squaring and seating shoes or pads is a whole nother subject.

The traditional 2 person "down" ...:down... "up" UP works but is the
least effective in my experience.